Le missioni spaziali prima di Sojuz ed Apollo.
Le capsule Mercury erano prodotte dalla McDonnell, le Gemini e l’X-15 dalla North American.
Legenda e glossario:
- Date in formato anno-mese-giorno
- S/C: veicolo spaziale
- LEO: Low Earth Orbit, orbita bassa terrestre.
- ♂-♀: uomo-donna
- Fine: S: Splash-down, ammaraggio; L: Landing, atterraggio
Lancio | Missione | Veicolo | Orbita | Nazione | Equipaggio | Data | Fine |
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1961-04-12 | Vostok 1 | 3A3 | LEO | Gagarin, Jurij Alekseevic ♂ | 1961-04-12 | L | |
1961-05-05 | Mercury Redstone 3 | S/C 7 “Freedom 7” | Suborbitale | Shepard, Alan Bartlett Jr ♂ | 1961-05-05 | S | |
1961-07-21 | Mercury Redstone 4 | S/C 11 “LibertyBell 7” | Suborbitale | Grissom, “Gus” Virgil Ivan ♂ | 1961-07-21 | S | |
1961-08-06 | Vostok 2 | 3A4 | LEO | Titov, German ♂ | 1961-08-07 | L | |
1962-02-20 | Mercury Atlas 6 | S/C 13 “Friendship 7” | LEO | Glenn, John Herschel] ♂ | 1962-02-20 | S | |
1962-05-24 | Mercury Atlas 7 | S/C 18 “Aurora7” | LEO | Carpenter, Scott Malcom ♂ | 1962-05-24 | S | |
1962-08-11 | Vostok 3 | 3A5 | LEO | Nikolaev, Andrijan Grigorevic ♂ | 1962-08-15 | L | |
1962-08-12 | Vostok 4 | 3A6 | LEO | Popovyc, Pavlo Romanovic ♂ | 1962-08-15 | L | |
1962-10-03 | Mercury Atlas 8 | S/C 16 “Sigma 7” | LEO | Schirra, “Wally” Walter Marty Jr ♂ | 1962-10-03 | S | |
1963-05-15 | Mercury Atlas 9 | S/C 20 “Faith 7” | LEO | Cooper, “Gordo” Gordon Leroy ♂ | 1963-05-15 | S | |
1963-06-14 | Vostok 5 | 3A7 | LEO | Bykovskij, Valerij Fëdorovic ♂ | 1963-06-19 | L | |
1963-06-16 | Vostok 6 | 3A8 | LEO | Tereškova, Valentina Vladimirovna ♀ | 1963-06-19 | L | |
1963-07-19 | X-15 Flight 90 | 56-6672 | Suborbitale | Walker, Joseph Albert ♂ | 1963-07-19 | L | |
1963-08-23 | X-15 Flight 91 | 56-6672 | Suborbitale | Walker, Joseph Albert ♂ | 1963-08-23 | L | |
1964-10-12 | Voschod 1 | 3KV3 | LEO | · Egorov, Boris Borisovic ♂ · Feoktistov, Konstantin Petrovic ♂ · Komarov, Vladimir Michajlovic ♂ |
1964-10-13 | L | |
1965-03-18 | Voschod 2 | 3KD4 | LEO | · Beljaev, Pavel Ivanovic ♂ · Leonov, Aleksej Archipovic ♂ |
1965-03-19 | L | |
1965-03-23 | Gemini III | S/C 3 “Molly Brown” | LEO | · Grissom, “Gus” Virgil Ivan ♂ · Young, John Watts ♂ |
1965-03-23 | S | |
1965-06-03 | Gemini IV | S/C 4 | LEO | · McDivitt, James ♂ · White, Edward Higgins 2°♂ |
1965-06-07 | S | |
1965-08-21 | Gemini V | S/C 5 | LEO | · Conrad, Charles Jr ♂ · Cooper, “Gordo” Gordon Leroy♂ |
1965-08-29 | S | |
1965-12-04 | Gemini VII | S/C 7 | LEO | · Borman, Frank Frederick II ♂ · Lovell, “Jim” James Arthur Jr ♂ |
1965-12-16 | S | |
1965-12-15 | Gemini VIA | S/C 6 | LEO | · Schirra, “Wally” Walter Marty Jr♂ · Stafford, “Tom” Thomas Patten ♂ |
1965-12-18 | S | |
1966-03-16 | Gemini VIII | S/C 8 | LEO | · Armstrong, Neil Alden♂ · Scott, Richard Randolph ♂ |
1966-03-17 | S | |
1966-06-03 | Gemini IXA | S/C 9 | LEO | · Cernan, “Gene” Eugene Andrew ♂ · Stafford, “Tom” Thomas Patten ♂ |
1966-06-06 | S | |
1966-07-18 | Gemini X | S/C 10 | LEO | · Collins, Michael♂ · Young, John Watts ♂ |
1966-07-21 | S | |
1966-09-12 | Gemini XI | S/C 11 | LEO | · Conrad, Charles Jr♂ · Gordon, Richard Francis ♂ |
1966-09-15 | S | |
1966-11-11 | Gemini XII | S/C 12 | LEO | · Aldrin, “Buzz” Edwin Eugene♂ · Lovell, “Jim” James Arthur Jr ♂ |
1966-11-15 | S |